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Arlon's John Wright
Discusses New High-
Performance Materials
During productronica, european editor Pete Star-
key interviewed engineering/Quality Manager
John Wright of Arlon. They discussed Arlon's new
85HP ceramic-filled polyimide, as well as a non-
woven aramid material, suitable for space applica-
tions, that is a drop-in replacement for a similar
material discontinued by a competitor in 2006.
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Good in, Good out:
Bay Area Circuits Discusses
Data Strategies
A lot of companies talk about the importance of
good data management. Then there are compa-
nies like fabricator Bay Area Circuits. I recently sat
down with Bay Area Circuits President Stephen
Garcia and Coo Brian Paper to discuss how au-
tomating and upgrading their data systems has
significantly cut down overall process time, as well
as their drive to educate young PCB designers and
actively promote the industry to the emerging
electronics industry workforce.
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zuken Innovation World
2016 Submission Deadline
Draws Near
Time's running out to submit your presentation
for zuken Innovation World 2016, to be held
April 18-20, 2016 in San Diego. This year's theme
is zuken university, with a shift toward classroom-
style interactive sessions with smaller audiences. A
session can range from design tutorials to emerging
trends. Please submit your session topic today,
before time runs out.
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Beyond Design: Stackup
Planning, Part 4
In this final part of the Stackup Planning series, I
will look at 10-plus layer counts. The methodology
I have set out in previous columns can be used
to construct higher layer-count boards. In general,
these boards contain more planes and therefore
the issues associated with split power planes can
usually be avoided. Also, 10-plus layers require
very thin dielectrics in order to reduce the total
board thickness.
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on Scene: ICT Darlington
Seminar, 24 November 2015
Darlington, in the northeast of england, has be-
come an established venue for the Institute of Cir-
cuit Technology's annual Northern Seminar, a not-
to-be-missed opportunity for the uK's PCB technol-
ogists to keep abreast with current developments
and to network and exchange ideas and experi-
ences with their peers. Coordinated by ICT techni-
cal director Bill Wilkie, and generously supported
by Merlin PCB Group, the programme consisted
of papers on funded projects and project funding,
and updates on chemical process technology.
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Mentor Debuts Multi-Discipline
Systems Engineering Tools
for the Transportation Market
Mentor Graphics Corporation has launched new
tools delivering integrated electrical/electronic/
software systems engineering capability for the
transportation market. The new CapitalSystems
tools allow implementations to be optimized for
key parameters such as cost and weight.
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